tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11956370.post3148300053938423513..comments2023-10-15T07:31:34.823-05:00Comments on Views from Life on a Bench: More on Ronnie and IronyOtterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05648725763105733320noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11956370.post-81316190593765681612007-06-10T19:16:00.000-05:002007-06-10T19:16:00.000-05:00The truth is that liberals love giving credit to G...The truth is that liberals love giving credit to Gorby and no matter what I say it's not going to change your mind. He was a dyed-in-the-wool communist who had his hand forced. History will long remember who did the forcing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11956370.post-25154159523072662692007-06-09T17:45:00.000-05:002007-06-09T17:45:00.000-05:00That's foreign policy, and even there Reagan gets ...That's foreign policy, and even there Reagan gets far too much credit. The USSR was a dead country walking before Reagan even got into office. You could make an argument, and probably someone correct one, that Reagan sped up the demise of the USSR. But if anyone brought the USSR to an end, it's Mikhail Gorbachev. He could have sent troops to Poland and Germany in 1989. And if he had done so, it's not crazy to think the USSR would still be around.<BR/><BR/>As far as the EPA, yes it's a small agency, but the point is that Reagan made government (at least part of government) more inefficient.Otterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648725763105733320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11956370.post-48049579632310215712007-06-08T17:22:00.000-05:002007-06-08T17:22:00.000-05:00What's an output? Is it spending, number of regul...What's an output? Is it spending, number of regulations, or trips to Hawaii paid for by tax-payers? And who cares about the EPA? It has to be less than 1% of federal expenditure. He probably had other things on his mind.<BR/><BR/>Just because bureaucrats are pissy money pits doesn't mean we should cede control of the country to them. While it's incredibly hard to shrink existing bureaucracies, it's a lot easier to prevent new ones from happening by voting against them (national healthcare, immigration reform). That's the key to preventing the expansion of government.<BR/><BR/>All BS analysis of government agencies aside, one thing defines Reagan's legacy:<BR/>1981: Soviet Union<BR/>1991: RussiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com